Example sentences of "of [noun sg] are [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purpose of the remainder of this chapter is to analyse the changing structure and composition of the national population , assess the principal dimensions of population redistribution , and examine the impact which both these sources of change are having on the geography of Britain . |
| 2 | The most rapid rates of deforestation are occurring in the tropical rainforest regions , but deforestation is also significant in the savanna woodlands that occupy the drier tropical and subtropical regions . |
| 3 | All three directors of Name are staying with the company and are totally committed to the business ; |
| 4 | Signals of compromise are coming from the tepee . |
| 5 | The question for us now is whether these new forms of growth are occurring in the same geographical labour market areas as those of factory and public sector job losses . |
| 6 | Some observers claim new patterns of involvement are rising in the economic recession . |
| 7 | DNA changes by biological evolution only on a time scale of millions of years , but our powers of destruction are increasing on a time scale for the evolution of information , which is now only twenty or thirty years . |
| 8 | Scientists at the Israeli Institute of Technology are working on a project to produce power from salt water and the heat of the desert . |
| 9 | Around four million hectares of grassland are suffering from the invasion of scrubland . |